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(4) Housing for Low-Income Families. <br /> <br />(a) To qualify for a residential density bonus, a project <br /> which includes dwelling units for low-income families <br /> shall be accompanied by covenant documents or other <br /> adequate documents to be recorded with the Office of the <br /> County Clerk, guaranteeing the use of those dwelling <br /> units for low-income families. The documents shall not <br /> be accepted until approved by the City as to legal form <br /> and effect, providing that the use restriction be for at <br /> least twenty-five (25) years. <br /> <br />(b) The above requirement may be waived if the dwelling <br /> units for low-income families are being provided under a <br /> contract with a governmental housing authority which <br /> provides adequate assurance that the units will be made <br /> available to low-income families for at least twenty- <br /> five (25) years. <br /> <br />(c) No final plan shall be approved for any portion of a <br /> planned unit development, approved with a residential <br /> density bonus for providing dwelling units for low- <br /> income families, until the necessary legal documents <br /> have be~n submitted and approved. <br /> <br />(5) Off-Site Open Space. <br /> <br />(a) To qualify for a residential density bonus, a project <br /> which includes off-site open space shall convey such <br /> real property to the City in fee simple or be accompa- <br /> nied by other adequate documents to be recorded with <br /> the Office of the County Clerk, guaranteeing the perma- <br /> nent use of the property as open space. The documents <br /> shall not be accepted until approved by the City as to <br /> legal form and effect. <br /> <br />(b) Property qualifying as off-site open space shall be <br /> approved for adequacy by the City for its intended <br /> use, <br /> <br />(c) A residential density bonus for off-site open space <br /> ar~as shall not be denied solely on the basis of that <br /> area being devoted to water channels, water bodies, <br /> areas devoted to improved flood channels and areas <br /> encumbered by a flowage, floodway, or drainage easement. <br /> <br />(d) No final plan shall be approved for any portion of a <br /> planned unit development approved with a residential <br /> density bonus for providing off-site open space until <br /> the necessary legal documents have been submitted and <br /> approved. <br /> <br />-53- <br /> <br /> <br />